meaning of straiten
1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
4. squeeze together
Related Words
straiten | straitened | straitening |
